Policy Options

The 2019 federal election just got more complicated, as the issue of medical assistance in dying (MAiD) has been thrust back into the news and onto the desks of...

The global security environment is in a dynamic state. Renewed competition between great powers threatens stability. Brinksmanship between US President Donald Trump and Iran’s leadership could trigger war in...

Over the past half century, Hollywood’s silver screen has elevated journalists into the pantheon of popular culture. From the legendary All the President’s Men to the contemporary classic Spotlight,...

Canada is about to have its Gen X election – the three leaders of the largest parties were all born in the ’70s. Some Canadians in this cohort might...

Fifteen years ago, author and business executive Tim O’Reilly coined the term “Web 2.0” to describe a new wave of networked communication and information technologies that were emerging on...

The four years between elections is time enough for the resources, technology and tactics available to both the media and the political parties to change significantly. That alters the...

C’ est un cliché, mais le paysage médiatique est en constante transformation. Les médias d’information sont en perte de vitesse partout dans le monde, et le Canada ne fait...

When the Senate expenses scandal hit in 2012, it left the parties scrambling to reform the deeply unpopular institution. Then-Prime Minister Stephen Harper had taken small steps over the...

The threat posed by disinformation on elections is well known. At First Draft, we have monitored false and misleading content that emerged in the lead-up to the 2016 US...

“Politicians like to tell people what they want to hear — and what they want to hear is what won’t happen.”  Paul Samuelson In September 2006, a then relatively...